triggered by a returning traveller who was infected with the highly transmissive Omicron variant during her hotel quarantine. Hong Kong imposes toughest social distancing rules yet Hundreds of ...

Objective To estimate the effectiveness of messenger RNA (mRNA) booster doses during the period of Delta and Omicron variant dominance. Design We conducted a matched test-negative case–control study ...

The overall objective was to identify SARS-CoV-2 variants and decipher the consequences of modifications to its Spike protein, using high-throughput sequencing with ONT. To this end, we participated ...

National Institute of Health (NIH) has issued a clarification that no case of Omicron’s sub-variant BF.7 is detected in Pakistan so far. According to the spokesperson of NIH, since its appearance, a ...

As India grapples with the emergence of the new COVID-19 sub-variant JN ... The country has reported 22 cases of the JN.1 variant, a descendant of the Omicron virus. Former AIIMS director and ...

In this study, we generated 100 new sequences and co-analyzed 140 sequences of C2a-M48-SK1061 to reconstruct a highly revised phylogenetic tree with age estimates. We also performed the analysis of ...

Among the subvariants of the omicron strain of Covid-19 circulating in Uruguay are BA.4, BA.5 and now BQ.1. Categories: Health & Science , Uruguay . Tags: COVID-19 , Omicron , Pasteur Institute .

New York: Having high blood pressure more than doubled a person’s risk for hospitalisation from an Omicron-variant — despite full vaccination, including a booster dose of the Covid vaccines, according ...

5 variant have been detected in Malaysia and are likely to spread widely, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. He said a total of 13 cumulative cases of Omicron sub-lineage variants have been ...

Geneva: A new sub-variant BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in various countries including India, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.